Manure-spreader.



MANURE SPREADER. APPLIOATIQN FILED JUNE 24. 1907.

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I mvcmvn 7 h F Rude" W I JohnWfi No. 888,747. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

J. F. RUDE & J. W. SMITH.

MANURE SPREADER. APPLICATION 1:11.121) mm: 24, 1907.

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' JOHN F. RUDE AND JOHN w; SMITH, OF LI ERTY, r nIANA, assreNo-askroi'rnnnnnn BROTHERS MANUFAGTURINGOOMPANY, or LIBERTY, INDIANA-i aaqoa oRaTIoN OF INDIANA.

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a I I Application filed .Tunezd To all whom it may concern: I Beit known that we, JOHN F. RUDE and JOHN W. SMITH, citizens of the United States, residing at Liberty, i 1 a new and useful Im rovement in Manure- Spreaders, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to manure spreaders of the class provided with a. distributing eyl. inder andwith means for moving the load into contact therewith, and the objects of. our improvements are to utilize the tail gate for aswinging hood over the beater; to provide means for moving and maintaining the rake undera yielding pressure in different angles to the beater; to provide adjustable ratchet mechanism for moving the carrier at different s eed s; to arrange the beater teeth in helical lines for distributing the contents of the box more evenly; to provide means for facilitating the removal of the carrier and for adjusting its tension, to .provide novel means for securing the teeth to the angle iron beater bars, and to provide simple and durable construction and assemblage of parts combined with facility '.0f eration and .efliciency of action. These 0 jects are attained in the following described manner, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings; in which: F iguresl and 2 are elevations respectively of the right and left sides with arts removed of a manure spreader embo yingfour improvements; Fig. 3, a rear elevation of the rake and the tail gate; Fig. 4, a side eleva- .tion of a tail gate stop; Figs. and'6 plans 1 showing different forms respectively of the beater; Fig. 7 a side elevation with parts broken away .of the adjustable ratchet mechanism with its connections for actuating the endless carrierat different speeds; Figs. 8 and 9, a front elevation and a plan respectively of the bearings for the front shaft of the endless carrier. Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are details showing the manner of seeur ing the teeth to a beater bar.

n the drawings, 1 represents the sides of a wagon body provided with a bottom 2 and carried by ground wheels3. An endless carrier 4 provided with transverse, bars 5 andmovab e rearwardly on the upper surface of the bottom is carried by sprocket Wheels 6 on front and rear transverse shafts 7 and 8. A beateror distributing cylinder 9 provided Specification of Letters Patient.

' ndiana, have invented mammn-simnnnna.

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. crank 12 and a sprocket wheel 13 on its respective ends is j ournaled across the rear end of the body. A bell crank lever Mpivotally attached to the side ofthe body is provided with an idler 15, and a chain 16 engaging with said idler. and with wheel 13has its, middle portion sup orted by an idler, 17 whieh is secured to t e body. 1

. A rod 18 rovided with a stop 19 movably' engages with the bell crank lever and ,is actuated by means of detent lever 21 with the stopin contact with said lever for moving idler 15 with chain 16 out of engagement with the drivin sprocket wheel 22 which is carried by one 0% the ground wheels, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. A spring 23 on rod 18 serves to move and yieldzngly maintain the bell crank lever with the said chain in engagement With'the driving sprocket wheel for actuating the beater. An arm 24 provided with'a slot 2 5 is pivotally securedat one endto the side of the body, at 26 and connected at the other end with crank 12 by means of a connecting-rod 27, whereby it may be oscillated in a vertical, plane. A ratchet wheel 28 is .seouredon shaft 8 and pawls 29 adapted to coact therewith are carried by jointed or knee levers 31 which are pivotally connected at one end 'with' a block I 32 slidabl mounted within slot '25 in arm 24. .A.detent llever'33 attached to the side of the body and. connected with said block by means of rod34 serves to move and maintain the block in different positions along the slot for changing the throw of the knee levers with the Y awls, whereby. the speed of the ratchet w eel with the endless carrier actuated thereby may be changed-or entirely discontinued. The se ments 35 of a hood for. protecting the rate et wheelare carried by the-respective knee levers. and arev movable the one over the other at their adjacent ends as shown in Fig. 7. A rake head 36 provided with teeth 37 and with one end is journaled with radiallyprojecting teeth ll and with-a A spring 40 on said rod serves to move and pivotally to the spiders 48 maintain the rake head in the opposite direc- 5 tion with'the rake teeth in operative position over the beater as shown in Fig.1.

Stops 43' are removably secured to the rake head by bolts (not shown) and a tailgate 44 swingingly depends from arms 45 which-are secured to, and supported by'said stops. Angular cleats. 46 attached to the sides of the body serveto prevent the tail gate from descending into contact with the beater as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,

and also to maintain it in proper position to close the rearend of the body as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The tail gate is suported over the beater to serve as a hood uring the dischar e of the manure thereby as shewn by dottec lines in Fig'. 1.

The beater bars 47 are preferably secured with their adjacent ends out of registration witheach otherand with the radially projecting teeth 11 in'parallel helical lines of steep pitch extending respectively from the center'toward the ends of-the beater in a rearward Fig. 5. Said bars referably consisting of an 1e iron are provic ed with tongues 49 partia y cut from one side thereof and adapted .to clenchingly secure thereto which are also secured at one endto the other leg or side of the angle, as shown in Figs. 10, 11 and 12.

The modified form of beater shown in Fig.

6 consists of'two members 51 and 52 each in form the frustum of a cone and with their may bases adjacent to each other, the front edges of the heaters being one tangential plane. The shaft53 of one member is jo'urnaled near its base end in a bracket bearing 54 which be secured to a cross rail or other fixed point" (not shown). The shaft 55 of the other member is connected to and drives shaft 53 by means of 'a universal joint 56 of the usual construction. The beater bars 57 attached to each member may be parallel to its axis or with the teeth'in helical lines as desired. -Iousings 58 are removably bolted on the transverse bodv bolster 59 and the bearings 61 for the endfsof the idle shaft 7 of the endless carrier are slidahly mounted therein and adjustable by means of adjusting screws 62 with the shaft 7 more or less distant from the bolster for regulating the tension of said carrier.

in operation, the detent lever 21 together with its mechanical connections servesto move and yieldingly maintain the driving direction as shown in the body of the teeth prev ent the descent of the tail gate into contact with the teeth of the beater.

, Arm 24 is continuously oscillated during the action of the beater without actuating the ratchet wheel with the endless carrier when block 32 is in its most-forward position and until the sliding block 32 is moved in slot 25 in a direction from'the pivot 26 by means of. the detent lever 33 and 1ts mechanical connections therewith. The arrangementsof' the teeth of the beater in helical lines causes them to lift the material and pass the. teeth ofthe rake gradually which distributes the manure more continuously and evenly than would be possible with the teeth in rows parallel to the rake teeth. This arrangement of thebeater teeth also economizes thedriving power. r

The distribution of the teeth in helical retreating lines from the middle toward the ends of the beater tends to move the middle of the load where it is usually the deepest toward the ends of the beater for spreading it moreevenly, in a lateral direction. For the same purpose the beater shown in Fig; 6 serves to distribute the load overa wider path in botli directions from its center and also to develop gradually increasing peripheral speed frdm the ends toward the middle of the beaten] When it is desired, the rake head may be turned with the teeth in an upremovable housings serves to facilitate the l removal or replacement of the shaft 7 for the i attachment or 'removal of the endless carrier. The angle iron beater bars if l may be twisted properly to cause the teeth l therein to conform to radial lines and thc bars to conform to the helical lines of the l beater. i

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the l United States is:- 1. ins

of a heater, a shaft journalcd ihercm er. arms 1 hinged on the shaft. and movable independ ently in relation thereto, l attached to the arms, and means for rocking l the shaft with the arms simultaneously for lifting the tail j V v 2. In HIHELHUIG spreader, the combimition j of a beater, a shaft journaled thercover, arms independently movable on the sh aft, a swinging ta'l gate depending from the arms, and

desired manure spreader. the combination a tail pivotally -the tail gate over the means ..for rocking the shaft Withthegarms' simultaneously for moving and maintaining beater. In a manure spreader, the combination of a beater, a rake journaled arallel with the beater, independently mova lewarms hinged on the rake, a tail gate swingingly depending from the arms, and lever mechanism for rocking and yieldingly maintaining the rake with its teeth toward the beater and with the tail gate in an elevated position.

4. In a manure-spreader, a heater consisting of similar members each being inform of the beater. Y 6. In a manure spreader, the combination the frustum of a conewith their bases 'adjacent to each other, their frontedges in one tangential plane and a universal oint connecting their axes together.

5. In a manure spreader, the combination of a beater, a rake thereover, arms hinged to the rake head, a tailgate pivotally depending from the arms, means for'rocking, the rake for lifting the tail cepting the descent of the tail gate-toward of a carrier, a driving shaft therefor and provided With a ratchet wheel, an 'arm pivotally secured at a-fixed at one end on the shaft, means movably connecting the other ends thereof with pan-ls carried by the respective arms and means for oscillating the arm for moving the lovers with the pawls simhltaneously in opposite directions for actuating the wheel with the carrier intermittently.

. 7.- In a manure spreader, the combination gate, and stops for inter-.'

point, knee levers movable the arm,

' hinged ont .ism for turning and of-a beater provided with a crank, a slotted having .one endpivotally secured at-a arm fixed omt, a connecting rod en ging with its oter endand with the cran ,a ratchet wheel, knee levers pivotally connected. at

one end concentric with the wheel, means movably connecting the other ends thereof with the slot in the arm, and awl's carried by the levers adapted to teeth projecting t cal lines of res ective op head journalecP over the p with the axis thereof,- projecting arms-hinged on therake head, a tail pendinilfrom the arms, an or me 'ng and y'ieldingly maintaining the ferent positions of elevation. 7

9. A manure spreader comprising a beater, a rake head journaled thereover' in. fixed bearings, rO ecting .arms independently e rake head, a tail 7 depending from the arms, and ever-mechanyieldingly maintaining rake head with. the arms and tail gate'in'difl coact with thewheel. 8. .A manure s reader comprising-a'beater, erefrom in "alternating. heliosite pitch, arake eateinand parallel,

50 ate; pivotally 'de-' I f lever mechanism ate pivotallfy the rake'head with the armsandthe tail-gate indiflerent positions of elevation.

In Witness whereof we have placed our signatures hereto 'inthe presenceof two wit" 5 nesses at Liberty, Indiana this 22nd .day of June 1907.

. J. F. RUDE.

JOHN WpSMITH." Witnesses: Q

H. DARR,

R. S. CARR. 

